The Barometer Online

Issue date: 3/4/09 Section: News

Media Credit: Jeff Wick Jhonny Trumane and Matilda Lame mime clinical depression during their performance Tuesday night at the OSU Talent Show.

The Centro Cultural César Chávez hosted the second annual Oregon State University Talent Show last night in the MU Ballroom.

The talent show consisted of 15 acts in total, and included singers, bands, comedians, poets, dancers, instrumentalists and mimes.

A panel of six judges representing on-campus organizations, such as the Native American Longhouse and the Black Cultural Center, critiqued the performers. Three judges were chosen randomly to give verbal feedback to each performer.

Alia Beyer won the show and with it, $100 to the OSU Bookstore. Beyer performed an original song a capella, switching fluently between Spanish and English. Initially, Beyer wrote the song as an art response for a Women Studes 223 class.

After performing the piece for the class last year, she decided to try her hand at presenting it to a larger crowd.

"I feel random, especially since I almost backed out about 20 minutes before the show," Beyer said, reflecting on her performance. "I think the show was awesome. There was a lot of diverse talent, which made it impossible to predict the outcome. I would like to thank the 4Cs on getting together as a community and making this happen."

Leo Soto, Jr. is the activity coordinator for the 4Cs and was the event coordinator for the talent show. It was his idea to set up a talent show for OSU students to showcase their abilities.

The first ever show was held last year, the winner being Sarah Saul with vocals. Soto's ambition for the show was to promote the 4Cs as an on-campus resource for OSU students.

"I'm just glad it turned out well," Soto said. "A lot of work went into this event, including advertising for weeks before the event. We posted all over Facebook, created posters, distributed fliers and even had a stand out in the MU Quad."

While the event became a success and was worth his time, Soto added that it was stressful to put together.

"Putting on an event like this is very stressful as you have to rely on people and the only way to contact them, most of the time, is through e-mail. Even minutes before the show, I had people backing out, so I'm really relieved it turned out well."

Alexandria Crawshaw, staff writer

news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231

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